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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
No one is saying that there won't be challenges and learning experience with legalized marijuana. Of course there will be. Alcohol has been legal for a long time and there are still challenges faced with that.
I think it's a little unfair to expect 100% instant successful results when the current system of prohibition has exist for about 100 years and it still hasn't boasted the successes that it was supposed to.
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It's going to be easier to control the black market when the entire country follows the same rules than when only one state or province does. Anyone can brew alcohol, but there's not a huge black market for it, even though you could easily make a decent living if you avoided the taxes, sold it cheaper than in stores, and made a good product. In some ways, legalizing it in an individual state has made it a idea place to grow it for export to other states and countries.
I think the key is going to be to not tax it for the first few years to drive the costs down and make the convenience of picking up what you want from a store worth more than the little you can save from getting it from a dealer. Then start slowly applying taxes and even though you'll see some dealers getting back into it, most people will simply keep going where it's convenient.